Bill Text: IL SB3175 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Changes the definition of "physician" to include a person licensed under the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3175 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB3175-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Changes the definition of "physician" to include a person licensed under the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3175 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB3175-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 95/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 4604)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
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8 | Sec. 4. In this Act:
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9 | 1. "Department" means the Department of Financial and
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10 | Professional Regulation.
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11 | 2. "Secretary" means the Secretary
of Financial and | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | Professional Regulation.
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13 | 3. "Physician assistant" means any person who has been
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14 | certified as a physician assistant by the National Commission | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | on the
Certification of Physician Assistants or equivalent | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | successor agency and
performs procedures under the supervision | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | of a physician as defined in this
Act. A physician assistant | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | may perform such procedures within the
specialty of the | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | supervising physician, except that such physician shall
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20 | exercise such direction, supervision and control over such | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | physician
assistants as will assure that patients shall receive | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | quality medical
care. Physician assistants shall be capable of | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | performing a variety of tasks
within the specialty of medical |
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1 | care under the supervision of a physician.
Supervision of the | ||||||
2 | physician assistant shall not be construed to
necessarily | ||||||
3 | require the personal presence of the supervising physician at
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4 | all times at the place where services are rendered, as long as | ||||||
5 | there is
communication available for consultation by radio, | ||||||
6 | telephone or
telecommunications within established guidelines | ||||||
7 | as determined by the
physician/physician assistant team. The | ||||||
8 | supervising physician may delegate
tasks and duties to the | ||||||
9 | physician assistant. Delegated tasks or duties
shall be | ||||||
10 | consistent with physician assistant education, training, and
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11 | experience. The delegated tasks or duties shall be specific to | ||||||
12 | the
practice setting and shall be implemented and reviewed | ||||||
13 | under a written supervision agreement
established by the | ||||||
14 | physician or physician/physician assistant team. A
physician | ||||||
15 | assistant, acting as an agent of the physician, shall be
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16 | permitted to transmit the supervising physician's orders as | ||||||
17 | determined by
the institution's by-laws, policies, procedures, | ||||||
18 | or job description within
which the physician/physician | ||||||
19 | assistant team practices. Physician
assistants shall practice | ||||||
20 | only in accordance with a written supervision agreement.
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21 | 4. "Board" means the Medical Licensing Board
constituted | ||||||
22 | under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
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23 | 5. "Disciplinary Board" means the Medical Disciplinary | ||||||
24 | Board constituted
under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
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25 | 6. "Physician" means, for purposes of this Act, a person | ||||||
26 | licensed to
practice medicine in all its branches under the |
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1 | Medical Practice Act of 1987 or a person licensed under the | ||||||
2 | Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987 .
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3 | 7. "Supervising Physician" means, for the purposes of this | ||||||
4 | Act, the
primary supervising physician of a physician | ||||||
5 | assistant, who, within his
specialty and expertise may delegate | ||||||
6 | a variety of tasks and procedures to
the physician assistant. | ||||||
7 | Such tasks and procedures shall be delegated
in accordance with | ||||||
8 | a written supervision agreement. The supervising physician | ||||||
9 | maintains the
final responsibility for the care of the patient | ||||||
10 | and the performance of the
physician assistant.
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11 | 8. "Alternate supervising physician" means, for the | ||||||
12 | purpose of this Act,
any physician designated by the | ||||||
13 | supervising physician to provide
supervision in the event that | ||||||
14 | he or she is unable to provide that supervision. The Department | ||||||
15 | may further define "alternate supervising physician" by rule.
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16 | The alternate supervising physicians shall maintain all | ||||||
17 | the same
responsibilities as the supervising physician. | ||||||
18 | Nothing in this Act shall
be construed as relieving any | ||||||
19 | physician of the professional or legal
responsibility for the | ||||||
20 | care and treatment of persons attended by him or by
physician | ||||||
21 | assistants under his supervision. Nothing in this Act shall be
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22 | construed as to limit the reasonable number of alternate | ||||||
23 | supervising
physicians, provided they are designated by the | ||||||
24 | supervising physician. | ||||||
25 | 9. "Address of record" means the designated address | ||||||
26 | recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's |
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1 | application file or license file maintained by the Department's | ||||||
2 | licensure maintenance unit. It is the duty of the applicant or | ||||||
3 | licensee to inform the Department of any change of address, and | ||||||
4 | such changes must be made either through the Department's | ||||||
5 | website or by contacting the Department's licensure | ||||||
6 | maintenance unit.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 96-268, eff. 8-11-09; 97-1071, eff. 8-24-12.)
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